by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 20, 2015 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
Today in a published trial court case, the NJ Superior Court addressed an issue dealing with a difference in the law regarding civil union dissolutions. After Lewis v. Harris directed the state to create an equivalent to marriage for same-sex couples, the legislature...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 4, 2009 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
I have prevously reported on a case of a Vermont civil union which was dissolved, but a custody battle over a child of that civil union had taken place in two states, Vermont and Virginia, where one of the partners had moved with the child. Virginia does not recognize...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 9, 2009 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
The Los Angeles Times reports on a ruling in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that could lead to the invalidation of the Defense of Marriage Act. The Act, which I’ve written about previously, essentially allows states not to recognize same sex marriages...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Feb 9, 2009 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
I’ve written previously about the issues in NJ about same sex divorce and dissolution. NJ’s Attorney General’s office has taken the position that NJ courts should only grant civil union dissolutions even if the same sex couple in question was...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 25, 2008 | Divorce Mediation and Law, Elder Mediation and Elder Law and Issues, Lawsuits |
This week, a committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a report recommending that the court’s records be made accessible to the public through the internet. The report’s executive summary reads in part: In drafting the proposed rule, the Committee...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 2, 2008 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
I’ve discussed some issues in civil union dissolutions in previous blog posts (here and here). Today, the Washington Post has an article which talks about other elements of civil union dissolution (and same sex marriage divorce in Massachussets, the only state...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Jan 21, 2007 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
The Civil Unions law will become the effective in NJ in February 2007. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there are a number of differences that make civil unions not quite equal to marriage. One was the differences in federal tax law. The Defense of Marriage Act...
by Marvin Schuldiner | Dec 8, 2006 | Divorce Mediation and Law |
The other buzz of activity in the legislature dealing with family law has come at the direction of the NJ Supreme Court in the Lewis v. Harris decision. In that decision, the court in a 7-0 decision stated that NJ’s prohibition on same sex marriages violates...
